Boring Administrative History; Intelligence and Communication
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Before the 1807 attack on Denmark, Napoleon gave an ultimatum to Denmark, to Talleyrand’s horror btw. The ultimatum was for Denmark to t...
25 Mars 25min
India, China, Japan, Vietnam and Muscat in the Napoleonic Wars
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. You probably know that by the middle of the 19th century, the British dominated India. The British introduced railroads and electricity...
11 Mars 1h
Ottoman Empire; The Sick Man of Europe
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. For the Ottoman empire the French Revolution to Waterloo have a definte arc, and it isn’t pretty, and there is some coverage up to the Cr...
25 Feb 41min
Qajari Persia; the Origins of the Great Game
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A scientific expedition, led by Jean Bruguière and Guillaume Olivier. Now they truly were scientists, but they were also diplomats secre...
11 Feb 41min
Belgium is born; Talleyrand in History concluded
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. In a great triumph for France, and Talleyrand personally, Belgium is born. This is one of history's true ironies because of how the exis...
28 Jan 1h
Talleyrand in History Part 7; 1815-1830
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. “Talleyrand was in a black mood. All that he had achieved over the past eighteen months had been destroyed: the bloodless and amiable re...
21 Jan 43min
1815 The Hundred Days; Talleyrand in History Part 6
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. There is a commonplace, dismissive, reductive argument you will hear all the time. That napoleon stood no chance. Even if he had triump...
14 Jan 47min
1814 1815 Germany, ugh ; Talleyrand in History part 5
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Last episode we looked at France, Scandinavia and Italy. Italy was particularly fascinating, but we were bare able to scratch the surfac...
7 Jan 47min
